SportStuff Wego Kite Tube

Here we go again… The Duluth Superior writes (Original story here AP Wire | 06/27/2006 | Delafield man dies after lake accident ) ST. GERMAIN, Wis. – A man was fatally injured in an accident while being towed on an inflatable tube kite on Little St. Germain Lake, authorities said. The man sailed several feet into the air and then… Read more →

Looks like the Wego Kite Tube is under investigation by the US Consumer Product Saftey!! BOOO-YA!!! Finally someone is sitting up and taking notice that this thing has some serious saftety issues. Deseretnews.com writes – Read the original here The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission opened preliminary investigations into kite tubes last week after park rangers banned the water toy… Read more →

Received this letter as a comment on this site… (originally posted here Kite Tube!? thought it was worthy of posting my response here… Given the recent online discussions about the dangers of using flying tubes like the Wego Kite Tube on this and other forums, we at Sportsstuff would like to reiterate the importance of its proper usage. There are… Read more →

Gary Mark just sent me this Link; according to the salt lake tribune elevated tubing. i.e. kite tubing has been banned on Lake Powell near Salt Lake city. This is a step in the right direction! get these things off the market! I do however think it’s disappointing that they lumped parasailing and kite surfing into the mix. Salt Lake… Read more →

A friend on another forum posted a link to this video on google. The rider has a hard time getting the tube in the air… when he finally does he soars to 40 feet and the tube flings him off as it comes around for a nose dive. I hope this guy is ok. Click here to watch the video Read more →

Yet another article discussing the dangers of kite tubing… deseretnews.com | Dangers of using kite tubes writes Kite tubes are large, round inflated tubes towed by a boat at 20 to 40 mph. The user holds onto the Kite Tube as it rises into the air, 15 to 60 feet from the surface of the water. What happens in an… Read more →

Channel 6 WOWT out of Omaha has a story of some kite tube riders that had a close call. I think it’s about time that people wise up and realize that this is just not safe and is very unpredictable. See my other posts on the subject. Kite tube claims life Kite Tube!? WOWT | Kite Tubing Writes A fun… Read more →

A link to this story was posted as a comment to an earlier post I made about the Kite Tube. Based on this story and a number of the comments to the last kite tube post it’s not safe! Please don’t take your life into your own hands with one of these. The constantly changing angle-of-attack, combined with weight shifts… Read more →

Just reading the Toronto Kite Fliers mailing list today and someone posted a link to a bizarre “kite” that is towed behind a boat. It’s called the WEGO KITE TUBE produced by SPORTSSTUFF. So the idea is basically you convince some fearless individual to climb on top of this inflated disk, tear down the lake at top speed and with… Read more →